BMus Major in Music Education
As of Fall 2023, courses of study in Bachelor of Music Major in Music Education have been discontinued for future enrollments. However, students currently enrolled in these programs will be supported as they complete their degrees or as they transition to other academic programs.
B.Mus., Major in Music Education
The Bachelor of Music, Major in Music Education curriculum leads to Kansas teacher licensure P-12 in music.
Major Requirements*
- MUS 099 Performance Forum (every semester except student teaching) (0 hour)
- MUS 112 Music Theory 1 (2 hours)
- MUS 126 Class Piano 1 (1 hour)
- MUS 127 Class Piano 2 (1 hour)
- MUS 151 Small Ensemble (1 hour) (minimum 4 hours)
- MUS 162 Aural Skills and Sight Singing 1 (1 hour)
- MUS 211 Music Theory 2 (2 hours)
- MUS 212 Music Theory 3 (2 hours)
- MUS 215 Beginning Conducting (2 hours)
- MUS 226 Class Piano 3 (1 hour)
- MUS 227 Class Piano 4 (1 hour)
- MUS 230 Private Lessons (.5-3 hours) (minimum 7 hours in primary area of study)
- MUS 261 Aural Skills and Sight Singing 2 (1 hour)
- MUS 262 Aural Skills and Sight Singing 3 (1 hour)
- MUS 311 Music Theory 4 (2 hours)
- MUS 313 Music History 1 (3 hours)
- MUS 314 Music History 2 (3 hours)
- MUS 315 Advanced Conducting (2 hours)
- MUS 321 Orchestration (1 hour)
- MUS 328 Vocal Diction 1 (1 hour)
- MUS 329 Vocal Diction 2 (1 hour)
- MUS 361 Aural Skills and Sight Singing 4 (1 hour)
- MUS 492 Sight Singing Proficiency (enroll semester of anticipated completion of proficiency requirement) (0 hour)
- MUS 493 Piano Proficiency (enroll semester of anticipated completion of proficiency requirement) If not completed with MUS 227, enroll in MUS 230M until complete. (0 hour)
- MUS 494 Senior Recital/Project (enroll semester of anticipated completion of recital/project) (0 hour)
Enrollment (for credit) in at least one of the following large ensembles on declared major instrument each semester except when student teaching:
- MUS 150 Concert Band
- MUS 160 Orchestra
- MUS 233 A Cappella Choir
- MUS 234 Jazz Band
A minimum of two hours in large ensembles with declared secondary instrument/voice is required to complete the degree.
- MUED118 Beginning Voice (1 hour) or 210 Vocal Pedagogy (1 hour)
- MUED215 Foundations in Music Education/Teaching (3 hours)
- MUED216 String Techniques (1 hour)
- MUED217 Woodwind Techniques (1 hour)
- MUED218 Percussion Techniques (1 hour)
- MUED219 Brass Techniques (1 hour)
- MUED220 Technology for Music Education (2 hours)
- MUED224 Psychology of Music Learning (3 hours)
- MUED325 Marching Band Methods (2 hours) or MUS 328 Vocal Diction 1 (1 hour) and MUS 329 Vocal Diction 2 (1 hour)
- MUED351 Elementary School Music Methods (3 hours)
- MUED438C Middle School and High School General/Choral Methods (3 hours)
- MUED438I Middle School and High School Instrumental Methods (3 hours)
Cognate requirement
- IART156 Introduction to World Music (3 hours)
Teacher Education Licensure Requirements
- EDUC150 Introduction to Education (2 hours)
- EDUC216 Diversity Field Experience (1 hour)
- EDUC322 Educational Psychology (4 hours)**
- EDUC323 Introduction to Exceptionalities (4 hours)**
- EDUC343 Home, School, and Community (3 hours)
- EDUC344 Content Area Literacy (3 hours)
- EDUC439 Secondary School Methods and Management (4 hours)**
- EDUC440 Student Teaching Seminar (1 hour)**
- EDUC449 Observation and Supervised Teaching in the Secondary School (4-12 hours)**
**Taken after formal admittance to the Teacher Education Program.
Cognate requirement
- MATH215 Introduction to Statistics and Probability (3 hours)
- PSYC112 General Psychology (3 hours)
